Yavesh
/ˈjɑː.vɛʃ/noun
A transliteration of the Biblical Hebrew name Yāvēsh, associated with the place-name Yavesh-Gilead.
Did you know?Yavesh-Gilead became famous in the Hebrew Bible when its inhabitants were rescued from brutal siege conditions by Saul, Israel’s first king.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*y-b-š
“To be dry or become parched”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יָבֵשׁ (yāvēsh)
“Dry, withered, or parched”
Iron Age
Hebrew
יַבֵּשׁ גִּלְעָד (Yavesh-Gilead)
“Yavesh of Gilead, a settlement east of the Jordan”
Ancient Greek
Septuagint Greek
Ἰαβὴς Γαλααδίτις (Iabēs Galaaditis)
“Jabesh-Gilead, the Greek rendering of the biblical place-name”
Latin Antiquity
Latin
Iabes Galaad
“The Latin biblical form of Jabesh-Gilead”
Modern English
English
Yavesh
“A scholarly or modern transliteration of the Hebrew name”
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